The internet is here to stay, and that is why Digital Realty (NYSE: DLR) has such a bright future. That's also why the company has already amassed a 17-year streak of annual dividend increases. Here's why it's highly likely to achieve Dividend Aristocrat status, and why investors will probably want to consider jumping in before it does.

Digital Realty is a real estate investment trust (REIT). Owning physical property would seem, on the surface, to be as far from the internet as you can get. But this landlord owns data centers that warehouse vast banks of computers, which is kind of where the internet lives in the real world. 

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